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Flag of Slovakia

Three equal horizontal bands of white, blue and red. Towards the hoist is the coat of arms, a white double cross on three blue hills on a red shield edged in white.

Flag of Slovakia

What the flag means

The stripes use the Pan-Slavic colours. The three hills are most often read as the Tatra, Fatra and Mátra ranges. The double cross first appeared as a Hungarian royal symbol under Béla III, who reigned from 1172 to 1196.

History

Slovak revolutionaries used flags in white, blue and red in 1848, and the wartime Slovak Republic of 1939 to 1945 had a plain tricolour. The Slovak National Council adopted the plain tricolour again on 1 March 1990. The constitution of September 1992 added the coat of arms, designed by Ladislav Čisárik and Ladislav Vrtel, and the new flag was first raised at Bratislava Castle on 3 September 1992.

The coat of arms was added in 1992 because the plain white, blue and red tricolour could be mistaken for the flag of Russia.

Earlier flags of Slovakia

  1. 1920–1939White and red with a blue triangle at the hoist (Czechoslovakia)
  2. 1939–1945Plain white, blue and red tricolour (Slovak Republic)
  3. 1945–1992Czechoslovak flag restored: white and red with a blue triangle
  4. 1990–1992Plain tricolour of the Slovak Republic within Czechoslovakia

Flags that look like this one

Flag of RussiaRussiaFlag of SlovakiaSlovakiaFlag of SloveniaSloveniaFlag of SerbiaSerbia

Russia is plain white, blue and red. Slovakia adds a shield with a white double cross; Slovenia's smaller shield shows a white mountain. Serbia reverses the order to red, blue, white and adds its coat of arms.

Flags of Slovakia's neighbours

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Last reviewed 24 October 2026. Read how we research flags in our editorial policy, or report a mistake.

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